Jay-Z officially selects self for Super Bowl Halftime show

The rapper's company Roc Nation has produced the show since 2019.

By Drew Gillis  |  October 26, 2026 | 10:12pm
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Jay-Z officially selects self for Super Bowl Halftime show

Apparently realizing that, you know what, this is his show now, Jay-Z (or JAŸ-Z, these days) has selected himself has the headliner for the Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027. The news was officially confirmed by Apple Music this evening, and was first reported by Puck (and then TMZ) last week. As the latter outlet points out, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber were names that had been bandied about in the weeks before the announcement, with the former fresh off a couple of headlining shows at the Hollywood Bowl and the latter coming off a Coachella headlining set where he played a bunch of his own YouTube videos for his ticketholders. 

Jay, meanwhile, is in the legacy-cementing portion of his career, performing some shows at Yankee Stadium this past summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. Those shows featured a number of high-profile guests including Nas, Eminem, Rihanna, Usher, Alicia Keys, and, of course, Jay’s wife Beyoncé, who has been expected to release her follow up to Cowboy Carter for at least the past few months. She’s also been known to make major announcements in tandem with the Super Bowl, as she did in 2016. Is Jay-Z’s choice somehow an elaborate Valentine’s Day gift to his rich and famous wife? Time will tell. 

 
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